We went to the birthplace of Girl Scouts, dressed in our spiffy Girl Scout uniforms (White polos, khaki pants, and our sash or vest), which is the house Juliette Gordon Low created the Girl Scouts in.
Our morning session was craft time. I expected this to be all little girl stuff, but I was pleasantly surprised that all of the four that we made were something I wanted to keep and were challenging enough to keep me busy! Yah! :)
Then we ate lunch, courtesy of the Soda Pop Shoppe, in one of Savannah's many squares. After our sandwiches we hiked back to the birthplace for and orientation of Juliette's life and how she grew up. I found it very insightful, as I learned multiple new facts about our founder. Did you know that before a boy was potty trained he could not get his first hair cut, and he had to wear a dress????? True story.
Moving on.
Then we toured the house. While Juliette did create Girl Scouts in the Birthplace house, she did not live there but for six months with her new husband, William Low. The house is beautiful. It's almost completely restored, wonderfully decorated, and our tour guide literally new what brand of paint was used to paint every room! She was a Girl Scout herself, and works for the Birthplace doing tours and whatnot.
Unfortunately, I forgot to put my SD card back into my camera, so I couldn't take any pictures. Also pictures aren't allowed inside the birthplace, so I wouldn't have been able to take them anyway.
When we were done at the Birthplace we followed Ms. Dawn (Our fearless leader, who walks faster than a Freakin NASCAR driver) to the Andrew Low house. Andrew Low was the father of Juliette's husband, and she lived in his house most of her life. The carriage house behind the Original is where the Girl Scouts held their first meeting, and also First Headquarters.
The Andrew Low house was even prettier and more lavishly decorated than any house I have ever seen! It was sooooooo BEAUTIFUL! Crystal chandlers, priceless silver ware, ancient antiques, and lavish decorations.
Needless to say it was Beautiful. That night we went on the Gospel Choir Dinner Tour, which we awesome, except that the air-conditioner was definitely NOT working and it was hotter than Hades. Everything else was great, including the DJ up stairs which explains the picture below...
I walked out onto the floor just as the conga line started, so someone threw a sombrero on my head. I told my mom no pictures, but she did anyway, and I think I need to learn to laugh at myself. So go ahead. Laugh away... Ok you can stop now :P
That was it. We stopped at a Candy store on the way home, where I got fudge and dark chocolate bark. I ate all the fudge and am eating the bark while typing this.
I'll post stuff about today tomorrow night hopefully! We're going on a Ghost Tour tonight!
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